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Are you a collector of beer glasses, coasters, labels, caps or other breweriana ? You'll find here a lot of information aimed to help you to manage your collection.
Who am I ?
My name is Julien Gurickx and I live in Belgium. I'm collecting glass
beer mugs, boots and pitchers with the name of a beer or a brewery. Actually
my collection has pieces from 125
countries spread over the five continents ; it is still in full growth
and receives regularly new finds.
My
site has a double objective
Prime
objective : Display
my collection
which counts for the time being :
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 |
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| 7141
mugs |
547
boots |
123
pitchers |
in total glasses.
A
glance at the collector's A.B.C.
will better enable you to appreciate all the subtleties which enrich a
collection.
How to surf through the site ?
The left-hand button bar provides access to the different pages of the site. What exactly is hidden under each of these buttons ? Here a short outline :
Intro
- Don't miss it ! You'll discover the secrets of the tegestophile (breweriana
lover)
Collection
- will immerse yourself into my collection. The pictures of the mugs,
the boots and the pitchers are sorted by country and for three of them
(Belgium, Germany and France) by province, Land or region. For all the
other countries the glasses are alphabetically sorted by name of the brewery.
Considering the small number of pitchers, these are all presented in block
on the same page.
Best
of - Here you'll find a selection of the glasses
which I consider as being particularly valuable : the oldest ones (enamelled,
inscription applied with acid, mugs with a tin lid, ...) but also some
other rare pieces that each collector likes to have.
Breweries
- Are you particularly interested in a specific brewery or breweries belonging
to a geographical entity ? Click on this button and you'll have the opportunity
of viewing all the glasses produced by a given brewery. To do so you'll
have to choose between :
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a sorting of the breweries by country and, if need be, by province, Land or region ;
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an alphabetical sorting of all the breweries with regards to my collection
Whatever your choice is, you will be in a position to access all the pieces of my collection.
Search
(green button) -
Who was never confronted with the thorny question of deciding where to
classify an object in his collection, either because the logo didn't mention
the name of the brewery, or because the name was too generic and did not
allow a precise identification. I suggest to share my own information
with you. The process is very simple :
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Enter the wording (or part of the wording) in the search window .
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If this wording appears on one of my pieces you'll be able to check on the picture if you got the right answer to your query.
As I am not above making mistakes, please do not hesitate to inform me of any errors you find !
New
- If you regularly visit my site you may be interested in knowing which
are the pieces added to my collection since your last visit. To that end
just enter a date according to your choice, click on the button "Envoyer/Send"
and you'll see a list with all the items I acquired since that date. To
view them click on their name or on the thumbnail and you'll get the picture
and all other available information.
Help
me ! - Many
thanks to those of you who will provide me with information on glasses
I couldn't identify. Please send me an e-mail and in order to avoid any
misunderstanding thanks for mentioning the ID no. corresponding to your
information (always near the picture).
Stats - Here, in some figures, another sight on my collection.
Bibliography
- For those who are interested, here are the various books I regularly
consult in order to classify my glasses.
Mail
- For any more personal question or remark, send an e-mail !
Links
- Now that you are introduced to the tegestophilism you will no doubt
wish to know more about it. Here are some sites which are waiting for
your visit.
***
The site was created in French by my wife, Annie. However, in order to make it understandable to a maximum of people she thought it would be useful to translate all the pages into Dutch, English and German. Please be tolerant and forgive any possible linguistic akwardness or better, draft an amendment and forward it to her, she will be grateful !
If you enter the site by the very first page you can immediately choose your language. If you are landing on another page by means of a search engine, you will have the opportunity to switch the language by clicking on the ad hoc flag appearing at the right top of each page. Doing so will put you automatically on the same page in the chosen language.
Finally, I would grasp the occasion to thank all the people who somehow contributed to the realization of this site. To all of you many thanks for your assistance !
Last database update : 2024-10-05